john lewis is, to me, just one of the heroes. john lewis, i think, is the single best american citizen i've ever known. i mean, he is so steadfast. here we are, 40 years later, and he's still doing ten times more things than he should. he's a congressman, he's generous-hearted, he's not a separatist. he treats everybody the way they would like to be treated. he reaches out to everyone. he still talks about the good community, the noble community. the beloved community. the beloved community that jim lawson first mentioned to him. and he was a person who could have had a wasted life that we would never reach. i joined the new york times that year, the day after john kennedy's election. and one of my last images of nashville, right before i left: the sit-ins are over, they've won, everybody's sort of gone back to their normal lives. i'm downtown on a saturday picking up something, and there on a street corner, absolutely by himself, is john lewis. nobody else, just doing this on his own. and he's trying to register black people to

i sat down with carol silver, bernard lafayette, john lewis, and bill harper.u to listen closely. >> i have to say, i owe a debt of gratitude to all of you, to carol silver, to bernard laugh yet, and of course, you recognize john lewis and bill harper. thank you for the sacrifices you made and what you did. but i have to ask you this, did you ever think you would be sitting here together? look at each other, 50 years, what do you think when you look at each other's faces? >> unreal, unbelievable that some of us are still here. still working. to change america. >> at that time, we were young. and we were frightened. >> you still look young. >> but we were -- we had a purpose. and that -- you can never recapture that unless you had some threat against you. so we are basking in this -- in your attention and the attention of all these young people, and it's wonderful. >> yeah. when mr. lafayette walked in, he said to me, he goes, i finally get to meet you, i'm so proud of you. i'm thinking, me? you're proud of me? i'm proud of you. where does that come from? you di

democratic congressman john lewis from georgia, one of the original 13 riders. he was severely beaten a montgomery, alabama. and charles read from jersey city, new jersey. a graduating senior at the university of mary washington in fredricks burg, virginia. he is one of the student riders. i asked them why it's important to remember the rides a half century later. >> i had never heard of the freedom riders before attending university of mary washington in which i took a freshman seminar course about the legacy of james farmer. that is is what really drove me to the freedom ride. i think it's so important that we now have this opportunity to give some acknowledgment to such an historic event in american history where we have these courageous people who were inter-generational, inter-racial, and both male and female that were getting on the bus saying that we want to end segregation throughout the south. when it comes to inter-state bus travel. >> woodruff: congressman lewis, not everybody in the civil rights movement then thought the freedom rides were the right

john lewis and julian bond. there a lot of people in this book who might talk about where that's familiar were totally unfamiliar. nowhere, michael simmons, martin walker, ev do this, and armor, these people are all history makers. and i hope that one day, when a group is assembled and their names are called out, people will be able to raise their hand in remembrance of them, saying that yes i remember that whole may mathews and howard maurer, lynn holtz, et waldman, all of these people who have to create a more vibrant democracy, a more perfect union. all of them want to be remembered along with justice marshall and i hope that you will. thank you. added forward to your questions. [applause] if so please come forward if you have questions. >> is based on? >> i believe so. >> what explains atlanta advancing civil rights and a better pace than let's say memphis and birmingham crack i've heard this mentioned by others that if you compare atlanta, birmingham and memphis, let's say 1955, they are all about the same

i want to read you a quote from john lewis that eliminates the nature of the students critique of a lawyerdominated movement. lewis said quote, we were all about a mass movement, an and irresistible movement of masses, not a handful of lawyers that oppose courtrooms but hundreds, thousands of everyday people taking their cause and belief to the streets. not so interested in lawyers. now it is important to appreciate the context of lewis' statement. he made it at a time when mainstream lawyers including thurgood marshall were very negative on the sit-ins, very negative on direct action. the beginning of the student movement, thurgood marshall said to the students that the way to change america was through the courts, not in the streets. he told the students that they were going to get someone killed if they continued with their tactics. he told them that they were invading the property of life and in atlanta, people agreed with that assessment. so it is the context in which the students pushed back and said no. anyone can serve. we don't need to be mediated by lawyers and we are going to do

joining me is john lewis, who prepared the categorical exemption that is the subject of today's appeal. also, we have guests from the department of public works. we sent to two appeal response memos. one of them arrived today because we were responding to an appeal letter we received late friday. if you need extra copies, we have them available for you now. after careful consideration of the issues raised in the appeal and public testimony today, the planning department continues to find the project is exempt from environmental review. the decision is whether to uphold the planning department determination that the product is exempt and deny the appeal or to overturn the cadx and return it to the environmental planning department. in our assessment, the planning department reviewed at&t's upgrade and determined it is categorically exempt under one of the classes of the exemption that is provided by the ceqa guidelines. there are 33 clauses of projects that are exempt. these generally would not have a significant effect on the environment. we fund the project is exempt for installation

among these superstars were leading figures and of the world the football such as ali and good guys john lewis fico steve mcmanaman and many others and indeed there is a feeling here that this place here in the the capital city of grozny was a loudest place in the pool region over the north caucasus as thousands of people have gathered here for the bands and many came not only from the capital city grozny but also from neighboring villages and neighboring republics where standing at the moment of the thirty thousand seaters study on analysts the one of the biggest audience in the whole region of russia's north caucasus and will definitely remain a one of the biggest sports landmarks that this region house. common threats are about to get a joint response pakistani president asif ali zardari is meeting russian president dmitry medvedev the discuss the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking are two zero places on earth has more on the pakistani leaders four day trip. a lot of issues are on the table including fighting especially in light of the elimination of. your forces in pakistan on th

that you write so vividly about where members of the black caucus, john lewis and others said they werealled inward and we won't use that word on this network. >> guest: 15 times. >> host: the mainstream media ran with it and i will tell you, we have people there and they said -- they said, armstrong, it did not happen. they said that did not happen. i said no one would just make up that type of lie, and they said it did not happen. you have said in this book that there are those who are on dead on their agenda, and maintain the perceived power that they will have that they will absolutely lie and the media will brand this lie as the truth. and when they realize it's not, they will never issue an apology to make amends for it. >> guest: this is what is at risk. i've been to 30 tea parties, 90% of them i've been invited by women like sarah palin and michele bachmann-type women who pick me up in suvs and take me to town and take me to the tea party. at those tea parties the best speakers tend to be black conservatives. >> guest: but they're not the best speakers because they're black. >>

that you write so vividly about where members of the black caucus, john lewis and others said they were called the n-word and we want word on the airwaves -- 15 times come thank you. and was a big story. the mainstream media ran with it, and i will tell you this, we had people there and they said armstrong, it did not happen. they said they did not happen. i said no one would just make up that type of alladi and say i did not happen. you have in this book that there are those that are so bent on their agenda and maintaining the received power that they have that they will absolutely why and the media will brand this is the truth and when they realize that it's not, they will never issued an apology or make amends for it. >> guest: this is what is at risk. identity parties, 90% of them inflated by women like sarah palin and michele bachman who picked me up in an mtv and take me into town and take me to the tea party. at those who t party is the best speakers tend to be black conservatives. most of the are not the best speakers because they are black. >> guest: know, there's a reason thes

john lewis has been a friend of mine for 30 years.told me that he did not hear anyone hurl a racial epithet at him. there were tv cameras and microphones all over the place. not one audio, not one of video of the racial epithet being hurled at the congressman. not one picture or video of anybody being spit on. [applause] although, i am sorry to the front table here. [laughter] in referring to barney frank, you have to be careful not to say that he slurs his words. [laughter] if anybody was getting spit on, it was the guy in front of barney frank perio. [laughter] this one is tough to judge. actually, there was one judge's final ballot. i am always the last one to get my ballot in. it might have been made. living evidence that congress should not be forcing the american taxpayers to find pbs, the damn the tea party to hell award goes to tavis smiley. [applause] >> they are being arrested for making threats every day against electoral officials, for calling people nigger, for spitting on people. >> tavis smiley could not be here tonight

[applause] now, john lewis has been a friend of mine for 30 years and he flat out told me that he did hear anybody yell a racial epithet at him. there were tv cameras and microphones all over the place, not one audio, not one video of a racial epithet being hurled at the congressmen, not one picture or video of anybody being spit on. although i'm sorry to the front table here. and in referring to barney frank, bob ought to be careful not to say that he slurs his words. if anybody was getting spit on it was the guy in front of barney frank. now, this one is tough to judge and it went down -- actually, there was one judge's final ballot and since i'm always the last one to get my ballot in, it might have been me. let me see. to libby, said congress should not be forcing the american party award hell or from hell award goes to tavis smiley. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it it's the end of the world as we with know it it's the -- ♪ >> the tea party every day who are recently arrested for making threats against elected officials, for calling people nigge are r as theywall walked i

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i'm pleased the amendment i submitted with co-sponsors walter jones, loretta sanchez, john lewis, ron paul, david cicilline, and peter welch was made in order. we have five minutes to describe why the president needs to clearly lay out to congress, to the american people, to our military men and women, and to our military families exactly how and when we will complete the accelerated transition of our military operations to the afghan authorities. five minutes, mr. speaker. not to mention why the president needs to accelerate talks to achieve a political solution and reconciliation in afghanistan. and why we need to have a new national intelligence estimate, not just a report from the national counterterrorism center on the leadership locations and capacity of al qaeda. five minutes. this defense bill would give the executive branch carte blanche to fight global terrorism anywhere by any means, but we don't even have an up-to-date n.i.e. on al qaeda. that's not debate, mr. speaker. quite frankly, it's an unsult. not to mention that if we add up the time of all the amendments, at best

and there we heard from and we honored the conscience of this house, representative john lewis. the event was titled "the site for freedom dinner," and some of those freedoms worth fighting were economic in nature. the freedom to own a home that won't be unfairly placed in foreclosure. the freedom to work a job and not be laid off because you're outsourced. the freedom to receive health care, especially health care guaranteed by medicare and not have to go broke or bankrupt paying for it. these opportunities should be available under our legal system to all americans equally. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the american people want to know, where are the jobs? after 17 weeks of controlling the house, the republicans have no plan to create jo

number of civil rights workers over a number of years and the protests led by martin luther king and john lewis, so we finally passed the voting rights law which gave some meaning to the constitution. getting another example of why it takes a lot of work to make the constitution work in 1954 the supreme court and its greatest decision brown v. board of education said that the schools were to be desegregated, separate but equal schools were enough. that was 1954. three years later call i mean, they're had been massive resistance throughout the south. you can read a lot about this in jim's took and president eisenhower, the subject of the next book had to send fund united states army into little rock so that little african-american children could simply go to school. one thing about meter the constitution or court decisions are automatically self affect trading. there has to be political will to make the reality. and i want to talk about just one case from the supreme court came out this term that i think shows everything or a lot of what's wrong in the current supreme court and it's the case cal

. >> joining us is miranda lewis for st. john's hospital. good morning. >> good morning. >> take me through what happened to you and your hospital. >> about 5:45 yesterday evening, a tornado hit. i was at home at the time and then almost immediately began getting text messages so you know, i made my way over this direction. >> what were your thoughts when you saw exactly the condition of the hospital at that point? >> well, i mean, we had heard that the hospital was hit but really i wasn't prepared for what i found here. it's just -- it's devastation. there are cars that are upside down, wrapped around trees. most of the hospital is devastated. it was -- it was difficult to see. >> as far as the patients at the hospital, about 183 patients from what i can see here, according to this report. what kind of conditions are the patients in now? how harrowing an experience was it for them? >> well, actually what happened was almost immediately after the hospital was hit, we began transporting our critical patients across the street to a neighboring

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> a 45-year television tradition is coming to an end. jerry lewisas announced that this will be his last year hosting the annual muscular dystrophy telethon. the 81-year-old entertainer has suffered a number of health problems over the years. lewis has helped raise more than $1 billion for m.d. >>> everyone can appreciate this story. have you been struck on a train or a bus with someone talking loudly on their cell phone? passengers on an amtrak train bound for seattle say 1 of their fellow riders spent most of the 16-hour trip on her phone. when asked her to keep it down, she threatened them. the train made a special stop in salem, oregon, where police came onboard and arrested that woman for disorderly conduct. >> do you think there was applause there? >> can you hear me now? >>> an update on the story which did generate a lot of national outrage. the 8-year-old california girl whose mother injected her with botox has now been removed from her home. the mother appeared on "good morning america" last week to defend her actions. soon after, official

lewis. >> of course we will have more with cardinal george in rum and the beatification of pope john paul the second tomorrow. >> horrible crash on the west side, two people dead and nine others hurt with two of them suffered life-threatening injuries. jane miller reports. >> horrible indeed, to familiesas chicago police tried to figure out what went wrong. she spent much of the day consoling the families of two people involved in a horrific head on collision near 13th and costner on the west side. >> it was very traumatic. >> and suv swerved while traveling northbound and then slammed head-on into a 1995 ford grove. >> she needed assistance, or bodies on the other side. >> nine people were taken to an area hospital to in critical condition among the dead was a 19 year-old. the family of a sophomore at malcolm x college station also died in the crash. police are still looking into whether drugs or alcohol or speeding play a role in the crash for residents who witnessed the aftermath is say it's one they won't soon forget. >> my heart goes out to the family and family friends. it's just re

john homerun de dos carreras, después entrada a dos hombres para cruz, era de eseprar, se quedó dentro de las líneas de cuadrangular. >>> toma chocolate y pagfa lo que debes, los 3 vuela cercas, lewiscesos del consumod e alcohol, las personas que es'ten bajo la influencia del alcohol, serán enviados a tiendas de campaña especiales el evento también se ha convertido en una carga para los hospitales. >>> ya regresamos con más información en noticias univisión 14 usted en alguna ocasion cuanto papel higienico se utiliza en los inodoros del aeropuerto internacional de san francisco......cada aÑo..? bueno, le tengo la respuesta. francisco......cada aÑo..? bueno, le tengo la respuesta. >>> se ha preguntado usted cuánto papel higénico se usa en los aeropuertos de san francisco, cada año se gasta nada menos que 500 mil dólares, medio millón de dólares, pero según parece los impuestos de los contribuyentes no pagan por el papel higiénico y mire usted qué enorme diferencia, porque el departamento de parques y recreación gasta 50 mil dólares, y el servicio de transporte destina 25 mil dólares, udsando el papel más corrientito, medio millón cada año en el aeropuerto internacional de san franci

i'm going to bring in someone who can tell us more, miranda lewis, a spokeswoman for the st. john's medical center. thanks for coming by. tell us first of all what can you tell us about the people in there, how many were in there and how many have you gotten out? >> we had roughly 180 patients and everybody has been evacuated from the hospital so that's all good news. we had a couple hundred co-workers as well. >> there were reports of fires in there. when you arrived there was some natural gas leaks and it was dangerous. what happened there? >> i personally did not see any fires. they were trying to get people away from the hospital. there were natural gas fires here as well as all around this area. so they were working very hard to get that contained and then to get people to safety. >> there's a triage center over there we know. >> right. >> are patients being taken to other medical centers? is there enough capability to handle the volume from this hospital? >> luckily the town has all pulled together. we've got ems crews and hospital workers from all around. right after the torn

john karzai and knew he was going to lose the election the. you also write something i never heard before that nine months earlier all of his aides told him he was going to win this -- lewis said he shouldn't run but he didn't agree. >> it was probably for me as a political reporter one of the most remarkable series of interviews i have ever conducted. i mean, i have had the honor of covering governors, but to get this deep inside to find out exactly what had gone on which is so contradictory to everything we are trained to see as political reporters the rule in politics is both guys, women, whatever, say they are going to win. they believe their with their heart i'm going to win because this and the other guy says the same thing and come election night someone who loses. that is not the case here. the course i walked into this election into the campaign in 2009 he was the only vallese hirsh of his inner circle who thought he even had a fighting chance. >> what point, january february? >> i don't remember the exact time in the book there are two critical meetings that occur as the business managers luxury apartment in manhattan. one meeting i think is around the time of t